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Police chief leaving Turlock
Veteran captain to fill in as interim leader
Police Chief Rob Jackson
Robert Jackson
Two days after laying out a set of strategies to combat rising crime in Turlock, the City of Turlock announced the departure of Turlock Police Chief Robert Jackson. Jackson has been with the Turlock Police Department since he was hired as a captain in 2007. He was promoted to chief in 2012, becoming the 19th chief to lead the city’s police department.
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Remembering a ‘fierce defender of freedom’
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During a Memorial Day ceremony held on Monday at Turlock Memorial Park, Marsha Gonsalves, with the support of her husband Larry, shares memories of their son, Sgt. 1st Class Chad Gonsalves, who died on Feb. 13, 2006, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee north of Deh Rawod in central Afghanistan (KRISTINA HACKER/The Journal).
Every Memorial Day, locals put on their red, white and blue attire, maybe don a red poppy in remembrance of the fallen, and make their way to Turlock Memorial Park cemetery.
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